The Annual Supplement to the President's Budget (referred to as the Blue Book until FY 2005), which is required by law, summarizes the goals and objectives of the IT R&D Program and highlights many of the Program's accomplishments and plans.

Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg

The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program’s members and community extend their best wishes to Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg on the occasion of his upcoming retirement from Federal service.

The NCO NITRD is committed to the idea that data is a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. The NCO NITRD will strive to make appropriate data available, discoverable, and usable, in open machine-readable formats that can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed, and searched.

Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)

The CPS SSG is to coordinate programs, budgets, and policy recommendations for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) research and development (R&D).

The NITRD Program provides a framework in which many Federal agencies come together to coordinate their networking and information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) efforts.

The Program operates under the aegis of the NITRD Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Committee on Technology. The Subcommittee, made up of representatives from each of NITRD's member agencies, provides overall coordination for NITRD activities.

Federal IT R&D, which launched and fueled the digital revolution, continues to drive innovation in scientific research, national security, communication, and commerce to sustain U.S. technological leadership. The NITRD agencies' collaborative efforts increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of these Federal R&D investments, leveraging strengths, avoiding duplication, and increasing interoperability of R&D products. More...

The NCO continuously seeks to enhance its ability to be a catalyst for collaboration, exchange of information, and outreach to foster knowledge, methods, R&D, technology transfer, and innovation for U.S. global leadership in networking and information technology and its applications.

Accountability, dedication, integrity, and responsibility are the core values that underlie NCO's efforts to serve as a catalyst for the networking and information technology research and development community. More...

February 4, 2015Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) (CPS joint solicitation)
The goal of the CPS program is to develop the core system science needed to engineer complex cyber-physical systems that people can use or interact with and depend upon. In 2015, NSF is working closely with multiple agencies of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), and several National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and centers [including the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)], to identify basic research needs in CPS common across multiple application domains, along with opportunities for accelerated transition to practice.More Info:http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503286&org=ENG&from=home

February 2, 2015FY 2016 Federal Research & Development Budget Briefing
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) held a briefing at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, which highlighted the research and development (R&D), innovation, and STEM education investments included in the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Proposal.PARTICIPANTS: Dr. John P. Holdren, Dr. France Córdova, Director, NSF, Dr. Pat Falcone, Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, OSTP, Dr. Jo Handelsman, Associate Director for Science, OSTPThe WEBCAST can be viewed at:http://www.aaas.org/event/fy-2016-federal-research-development-budget-briefing

February 4, 2015Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) (CPS joint solicitation)
The goal of the CPS program is to develop the core system science needed to engineer complex cyber-physical systems that people can use or interact with and depend upon. In 2015, NSF is working closely with multiple agencies of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), and several National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and centers [including the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)], to identify basic research needs in CPS common across multiple application domains, along with opportunities for accelerated transition to practice.More Info:http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503286&org=ENG&from=home

February 2, 2015FY 2016 Federal Research & Development Budget Briefing
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) held a briefing at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, which highlighted the research and development (R&D), innovation, and STEM education investments included in the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Proposal.PARTICIPANTS: Dr. John P. Holdren, Dr. France Córdova, Director, NSF, Dr. Pat Falcone, Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, OSTP, Dr. Jo Handelsman, Associate Director for Science, OSTPThe WEBCAST can be viewed at:http://www.aaas.org/event/fy-2016-federal-research-development-budget-briefing

Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) Interagency Working Group coordinates the activities of the CSIA Program Component Area. CSIA agencies focus on research and development to prevent, resist, detect, respond to, and/or recover from actions that compromise or threaten to compromise the availability, integrity, or confidentiality of computer- and network-based systems...

CSIA R&D SSG

The Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) Research and Development (R&D) Senior Steering Group (SSG) was formed in response to the 2009 President’s Cyberspace Policy Review for “a framework for research and development strategies that focus on game-changing technologies.” The NITRD Program has led a series of public-private activities that culminated in defining initial strategic themes for transforming cybersecurity: (a) Tailored Trustworthy Spaces, (b) Moving Target, and (c) Cyber Economics and Incentives.

The Health Information Technology Research and Development Senior Steering Group (Health IT R&D SSG) coordinates programs, budgets and policy recommendations for Health IT R&D. This includes identifying and integrating requirements, establishing priorities, sharing program information and R&D activities, conducting joint program planning, and developing joint strategies for the Health IT R&D programs conducted by SSG agency members. Health IT R&D includes fundamental research, applied R&D, technology development and engineering, demonstrations, testing and evaluation, technology transfer, and education and training.

The HCI&IM CG coordinates the activities of the Human Computer Interaction and Information Management Program Component Area (PCA).

HCI&IM focuses on information interaction, integration, and management research to develop and measure the performance of new technologies (e.g., robotic, multimodal), agents, cognitive systems, and information systems that support the hierarchy and refinement of data from discovery to decision and action by both humans and computers working together and separately. HCI&IM capabilities support U.S. national priorities such as leading-edge scientific research, national defense, homeland security, economic competitiveness, emergency planning and response, education and training, health care, space exploration, weather forecasting, and climate prediction.

The HCSS CG coordinates the activities of the High Confidence Software and Systems Program Component Area (PCA).

HCSS R&D supports development of scientific foundations and technologies for innovative systems design, systems and embedded application software, and assurance and verification to enable the routine production of reliable, robust, safe, scalable, secure, stable, and certifiably dependable IT-centric physical and engineered systems comprising new classes of advanced services and applications. These systems, often embedded in larger physical and IT systems, are essential for the operation of the country's critical societal infrastructures, acceleration of U.S. capability in industrial competitiveness, and optimization of citizens' quality of life.

The HEC IWG coordinates the activities of the High End Computing (HEC) Infrastructure and Applications (I&A) and HEC Research and Development (R&D) Program Component Areas (PCAs).

HEC R&D agencies conduct and coordinate hardware and software R&D to enable the effective use of high-end systems to meet Federal agency mission needs, to address many of society's most challenging problems, and to strengthen the Nation's leadership in science, engineering, and technology. Research areas of interest include hardware (e.g., microarchitecture, memory subsystems, interconnect, packaging, I/O, and storage), software (e.g., operating systems, languages and compilers, development environments, algorithms), and systems technology (e.g., system architecture, programming models).

The LSN CG coordinates the activities of the Large Scale Networking Program Component Area (PCA).

LSN members coordinate Federal agency networking R&D in leading-edge networking technologies, services, and enhanced performance, including programs in network security, new network architectures, dynamic multi-domain optical networking, heterogeneous networking (optical, mobile wireless, sensornet, IP,…), high data transport, federation across networking domains, testbeds, end-to-end performance measurement (e.g., development and use of perfSONAR), and advanced network components; grid, cloud, and collaboration networking tools and services; engineering, management, and use of large-scale networks for scientific and applications R&D, and research to address network complexity. The results of this coordinated R&D, once deployed, can help assure that the next generation of the Internet will be scalable, trustworthy, and flexible.

The SDP CG coordinates the activities of the Software Design and Productivity Program Component Area (PCA).

SDP R&D will lead to fundamental advances in concepts, methods, techniques, and tools for software design, development, and maintenance that can address the needs of Federal agencies and society. The SDP R&D agenda spans both the science and the technology of software creation and sustainment (e.g., development methods and environments, V&V technologies, component technologies, languages, tools, and system software) and software project management in diverse domains. R&D will advance software engineering concepts, methods, techniques, and tools that result in more usable, dependable, cost-effective, and sustainable software-intensive systems. The domains cut across information technology, industrial production, evolving areas such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, and highly complex, interconnected software-intensive systems.

Consistent with the draft NITRD Strategic Plan, the SEW CG coordinates the activities of the Social, Economic and Workforce Implications of Information Technology (IT) and IT Workforce Development Program Component Area (PCA), including the work of the CG’s subsidiary Team focusing on IT and education.

The activities funded under SEW focus on i) the co-evolution of IT and social/economic systems, ii) interactions between people and IT devices and capabilities, iii) the workforce development, training, and education needs arising from the growing demand for productive next-generation workers skilled in IT, including graduate fellowships and iv) the role of innovative IT applications in education and training.

A key goal of SEW research and outreach activities is to enable individuals and society to better understand and anticipate the uses and consequences of IT, so that this knowledge can inform policymaking, IT designs, and the IT user community, and can broaden participation in IT education and careers.

The Wireless Spectrum R&D (WSRD) Senior Steering Group (SSG) has been formed to coordinate spectrum-related research and development activities across
the Federal government. The purpose is two-fold: to help coordinate and inform ongoing activities across Federal agencies; and to facilitate the identification
of shortcomings in the Government’s R&D portfolio with respect to technologies that allow a more efficient use of spectrum. These activities are consistent
with the guiding principles of WSRD, which are transparency, smart investment, and the solicitation of opportunities for technology transfer across and beyond
the Federal government.

The Big Data Senior Steering Group (BD SSG) has been formed to identify current big data research
and development activities across the Federal government, offer opportunities for coordination,
and begin to identify what the goal of a national initiative in this area would look like.
As data volumes grow exponentially, so does the concern over data preservation, access, dissemination,
and usability. Research into areas such as automated analysis techniques, data mining, machine learning,
privacy, and database interoperability are underway at many agencies and will help identify how big data
can enable science in new ways and at new levels. The science of data includes the processes of turning
data into knowledge, data mining and visualization, interoperability, search and discovery, and semantics.

The Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Senior Steering Group (SSG)

The CPS SSG is to coordinate programs, budgets, and policy recommendations for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) research and development (R&D).
This includes identifying and integrating requirements, conducting joint program planning, and developing joint strategies for the CPS R&D programs
conducted by agency members of the NITRD Subcommittee. CPS includes fundamental research, applied R&D, technology development and engineering, demonstrations,
testing and evaluation, technology transfer, and education and training; and "agencies" refers to Federal departments, agencies, directorates, foundations,
institutes, and other organizational entities.

Video and Image Analytics Coordination Group (VIA-CG)

Formed to ensure and maximize successful coordination and collaboration across the Federal government in the important and growing area of video and image analytics